Are you in search of great (Michelin) gourmet restaurants to go in Europe? Here you find fine dining places worth the expenditure. For Switzerland, go to the separate category!

Palazzo Venart Luxury Hotel Venice
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A luxury & gourmet getaway at Palazzo Venart in Venice, Italy

Stay & dine in style at a 5-star property with Michelin 2-star GLAM Restaurant: While Venice is always worth a visit, this is especially true in these Corona times! You can experience one of the most beautiful cities in the world without…
Hotel La Réserve Geneva & Restaurant Tse Fung
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Summer weekend at the prestigious Geneva luxury Hotel La Réserve

Stay & dine in style in Switzerland's most cosmopolitan city: Quite some time ago, my husband and I headed quite often to Geneva. In recent years, we never managed to get there again. So, when friends asked us to join them two days at the…
stay & dine in style at In Lain Hotel Cadonau Brail Lower Engadine Switzerland
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Short vacation in the Lower Engadine at Switzerland’s smallest five star hotel

Stay & dine in style at the In Lain Hotel Cadonau in Brail: After several stays in the Upper Engadine in Switzerland's eastern Alps it called my husband and me to the Lower Engadine. While it is often just seen as an extension of the much…
Foodie destination Gasthaus zur Fernsicht Heiden Switzerland to dine in style
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Foodie getaway at a 2-star Michelin restaurant in the Lake Constance area, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business end of February 2024 Tobias Funke's Incantare Restaurant in Heiden in quaint Appenzellerland: The first reason to come here to one of the furthest corners in Switzerland was its reputation as foodie destination. I wanted…
Chefs at work at Sven Wassmer's Memories Bad Ragaz dine in style
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Review of Restaurant Memories at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

UPDATE: Michelin three stars as from fall 2022 Sven Wassmer, one of Switzerland's hottest chefs, at two Michelin-starred restaurant: A stay at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in the eastern Swiss pre-Alps is not complete without dining at one of its…
Hotel & town from above
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Fine dining in the pre-Alps Switzerland: where to go in Bad Ragaz

Gourmet spots in Grand Resort Bad Ragaz and town: When staying at the fabulous Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in the eastern pre-Alps of Switzerland - here my review - , my husband and I checked out the fine dining opportunities at our hotel and in…
Hotel resort & park
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Grand Hotel Quellenhof, Bad Ragaz, short vacation in one of Switzerland’s finest hotels

Top wellness hotel with 2 Michelin starred restaurants in spa town: Near to normal hotel vacations are possible in Switzerland right now. And this despite the "extraordinary situation" still in place due to Corona. Thus, my husband and I booked…
Eiffel Tower & boats
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Where to go in Paris for fine dining & walks

3 top restaurants, 2 walks & my 2 favorite squares: Europe slowly reopened to tourism on June 15 by lifting many internal borders. Thus, I think it is high time for some tips for fine dining and walks in Paris. Since I set foot on this…
Restaurant interior: empty table & disinfectant
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How is it to dine in the Olten region, Switzerland, in Corona times?

Performance of 4 local restaurant as to safe pandemic dining: Restaurants in Switzerland were allowed to reopen on May 11 as the Corona crisis continues to subside. After visiting four restaurants in my home region of Olten, it is time to check…